Pregnancy

I can still remember an advertisement in the local radio advocating woman’s right that the a woman will be discharged from her teaching position on account of her being pregnant, the principal saying that it will ruin the reputation of the school because a woman is pregnant while she is single.

Labor Code provides that “Article 137. Prohibited Acts. – It shall be unlawful for any employer:

1. To deny any woman employee the benefits provided for in the Chapter or to discharge any woman employed by him for the purposes of preventing her from enjoying any of the benefits provided under this code. 

2. To discharge such woman on account of her pregnancy or while on leave or in confinement due to her pregnancy. 

3. To discharge or refuse the admission of such woman upon returning to her work for fear that she may again be pregnant.” 

Also Magna Carta for Women provides laws prohibiting discrimination against women.